Comments on: Thailand votes and dances down the road to possible civil warhttp://www.crikey.com.au/2014/02/03/thailand-votes-and-dances-down-the-road-to-possible-civil-war/
now with extra sourceTue, 31 Mar 2015 21:25:59 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1By: green-orangehttp://www.crikey.com.au/2014/02/03/thailand-votes-and-dances-down-the-road-to-possible-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-268987
green-orangeFri, 07 Feb 2014 05:03:41 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=422320#comment-268987Same old, same old.
The military will impose a "consensus" government (ie their mates) and start an "anti-corruption inquiry" - netting them billions in bribes - and then steal another few billion from foreign investors.
Nothing new here.Same old, same old.

The military will impose a “consensus” government (ie their mates) and start an “anti-corruption inquiry” - netting them billions in bribes - and then steal another few billion from foreign investors.

Nothing new here.

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Peter SnashallMon, 03 Feb 2014 12:07:30 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=422320#comment-268608One thing hardly ever mentioned is the increasing disinterest of people all over Thailand who hate both sides. The department stores were jam packed and far more crowded than the protest sites yesterday, though international journalists won't tell you that.One thing hardly ever mentioned is the increasing disinterest of people all over Thailand who hate both sides. The department stores were jam packed and far more crowded than the protest sites yesterday, though international journalists won’t tell you that.
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DFMon, 03 Feb 2014 06:28:36 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=422320#comment-268580Damn autocorrect, small dialogue boxes and tiny fonts - The World Trade Centre at Chidlom has been rebuilt AS Central World.Damn autocorrect, small dialogue boxes and tiny fonts - The World Trade Centre at Chidlom has been rebuilt AS Central World.
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DFMon, 03 Feb 2014 05:58:27 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=422320#comment-268569I doubt the military would let it get to a civil war - curfew will be imposed long before that.
There's a whole lot of other stuff you haven't mentioned, like the relationship between the Crown Prince and Thaksin and the fears of the traditional BKK courtiers about the royal succession - which of course is not allowed to be reported or openly discussed in Thailand.I doubt the military would let it get to a civil war - curfew will be imposed long before that.
There’s a whole lot of other stuff you haven’t mentioned, like the relationship between the Crown Prince and Thaksin and the fears of the traditional BKK courtiers about the royal succession - which of course is not allowed to be reported or openly discussed in Thailand.
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DFMon, 03 Feb 2014 05:55:09 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=422320#comment-268567Just a small correction for the sake of accuracy, MBK shopping centre is at Siam Square, not Chidlom. The huge shopping centre at Chidlom was the World Trade Centre until it was burned in the last round of reds v yellows and is now rebuilt at Central World. On the other corner is Gayshorn Plaza.Just a small correction for the sake of accuracy, MBK shopping centre is at Siam Square, not Chidlom. The huge shopping centre at Chidlom was the World Trade Centre until it was burned in the last round of reds v yellows and is now rebuilt at Central World. On the other corner is Gayshorn Plaza.
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ARMon, 03 Feb 2014 05:47:55 +0000http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=422320#comment-268565My abiding memory of Thailand is Bankok uni during the 'unrest' of the 70/80s which overthrew the government and abolished,"for fourteen years.." (so protoThai), democracy.
It duly lumbered back, in & out, to the corporatist/fuedal state that exists today.
The only Asian nation that was neither conquered nor colonised,has had a strange history with the West. (The name meaning FREE in the stew of "<i>bharasa</i>/pidgin of French and whatever else was in the offing.)
As a boom child I recall the astonishing adulation of the new, young King & his stunning wife - heavily featured by the OZ Debret's, the WW and the Woman DAY, once a sturdy rival for a different demographic - the ultimate in high class, <i>regime ancien</i> totty)
I digress...
A student's body, hanging by the neck from a branch and a fellow student is <i>screaming</i>, from the look of his mouth and the bulging neck veins shown in that instant, as he belabours his fellow with a folding chair, from their lecture room.My abiding memory of Thailand is Bankok uni during the ‘unrest’ of the 70/80s which overthrew the government and abolished,”for fourteen years..” (so protoThai), democracy.
It duly lumbered back, in & out, to the corporatist/fuedal state that exists today.
The only Asian nation that was neither conquered nor colonised,has had a strange history with the West. (The name meaning FREE in the stew of “bharasa/pidgin of French and whatever else was in the offing.)
As a boom child I recall the astonishing adulation of the new, young King & his stunning wife - heavily featured by the OZ Debret’s, the WW and the Woman DAY, once a sturdy rival for a different demographic - the ultimate in high class, regime ancien totty)
I digress…
A student’s body, hanging by the neck from a branch and a fellow student is screaming, from the look of his mouth and the bulging neck veins shown in that instant, as he belabours his fellow with a folding chair, from their lecture room.
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